by Sarah Carr, Ph.D. | Jun 10, 2019
Editor’s Note: For this article, we interviewed Ekaterina Popova, a global ocean modeller with the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton, United Kingdom, about her new article “Ecological connectivity between the areas beyond national jurisdiction and...
by Sarah Carr, Ph.D. | Jun 10, 2019
New long-term data set shows clear changes in El Niño patterns Global assessment finds humans driving a million species to extinction Warming waters changing compositions of global plankton communities Productivity of North Atlantic phytoplankton declining as...
by Sarah Carr, Ph.D. | Jun 10, 2019
Editor’s Note: From the Archives calls attention to past Skimmer/MEAM articles whose perspectives and insight remain relevant. To some in conservation and resource management, marketing can seem like a bad word. But marketing is inherently about getting...
by Sarah Carr, Ph.D. | May 10, 2019
Editor’s note: The deluge of popular articles and reports on marine plastic continues, but here at The Skimmer, we became curious about one important area where we weren’t seeing as much information – how marine plastic pollution is affecting ocean users and the Blue...
by Sarah Carr, Ph.D. | May 10, 2019
New hubs provide information on human uses of oceans and marine cultural ecosystem services Ocean heat hit record high in 2018 Ocean warming already reducing sustainable fisheries catches Implementing Paris Agreement could save billions of dollars in fishing losses...